Wednesday January 3rd 2024

Dear Journal:

Lets clear something up right now, I will not be making entries every day! It just so happens that the first few days on January seem to have a lot happening, hence multiple entries.

Today I’m looking for another oil leak under Thunder, I had found a leak back in October before we left Ontario, it was a hydraulic oil leak and it was at the reservoir tank, well much to my dismay I still had a leak and today is the day that I go looking for it. After crawling under the back of thunder here is what I found right on the bottom of the hydraulic pump you can see the formation of a drip of red hydraulic oil, and that shiny area on the hydraulic hose fitting indicates a washing effect caused by the leak. Luckily it turns out to be a simple fix and just required a quarter turn of the fitting on the hose. This hydraulic fitting uses a beveled sealing surface so it does not require any Teflon tape to help seal it, now only time will tell if I have succeeded with this second leak repair.

Hey all the photos can’t be of pretty flowers, but if I have fixed this leak it may become one of my favorites of all time … jus’saying.

While I was under the coach I decided to check Thunder’s air filter to see how dirty it was, and it needs to be replaced. And yes it was dirty and yes I will order a new filter from Amazon right away, because I suspect it will be much cheaper to purchase here in the States than back in Canada.

Of course while I was under Thunder working on the oil leak Miss Laurie was working in the propagation greenhouse, this is where many of the plant sale items are propagated and cared for until ready for they find new homes, Hard to believe that Miss Laurie would volunteer in such an environment, and even in January there were a few blooms.

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